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This Subpart prescribes the rules governing the use and retention of the manuals, logs, and records required for air operations performed.
Each holder of an air operator certificate, must ensure that the parts of the certificate holder’s exposition relevant to the duties of each crew member are current and are accessible to the crew member.
(a) A holder of an air operator certificate must ensure that the following documents are carried on each individual flight—
(1) details of the operational flight plan; and
(2) NOTAM and aeronautical information service briefing documentation appropriate to the operation; and
(3) meteorological information appropriate to the operation; and
(4) a copy of the load manifest; and
(5) notification of dangerous goods; and
(6) copies of the relevant aeronautical charts; and
(7) for a regular air transport service, a route guide covering each route flown and alternate aerodromes that may be used.
(b) The certificate holder must ensure that separate copies of the documents referred to in paragraph (a)(6) are available for each pilot performing flight crew duties on the flight.
(a) Each holder of an air operator certificate must, for each air operation that it conducts, accurately record—
(1) the planned aspects of the operation; and
(2) the actual accomplishment of the operation.
(b) The record must be of a permanent nature.
(a) Each holder of an air operator certificate must ensure that the following information is retained for 12 months from the date it was completed:
(1) operation record:
(2) load manifest:
(3) notification of dangerous goods.
(b) Each holder of an air operator certificate must ensure that its flight crew records of flight and duty time is retained for 12 months from the date of entry of the record.
(c) Each holder of an air operator certificate must ensure that its records of training, checking, and qualifications of each crew member is retained until 12 months after the crew member has left the certificate holder’s employment.
(a) A holder of an air operator certificate who operates an aeroplane that is required under rule 125.377 to be equipped with an AEDRS must keep a record of the analysis information derived from the AEDRS data as part of the maintenance record for the aeroplane.
(b) The records that are required to be kept under paragraph (a) must be legible, accurate, permanent, and retrievable.
